Kristaps Porzingis shined in his triumphant return in a 126-94 blowout of the visiting Clippers, but his wasn’t the only comeback of Monday night.
After a strong November that has vaulted him to the favorite for the Sixth Man of the Year Award, Payton Pritchard had gone just 2-for-8 from behind the arc in his last two games against the Wizards and Timberwolves.
His fellow second unit shooter, Sam Hauser, is going through a season-long slump, making just 32.5% of his threes after hitting ten percentage points higher during the championship run.
But against the backdrop of KP’s first game of the season, Pritchard and Hauser had their own revival of shorts, making a combined 9-of-13 from 3.